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. v PATBN'I'ED MAY 1, 1906. L. A. FOUTE.

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IIIIIIIII UNITED sTATns PALIENT OFFICE.

LEWIS A. FOOTE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, `ASSIGNOR TO CHICAGO CAR SEAL St MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A COR- SEAL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

ratented May 1, 1906.

Application filed August 7, 1905. Serial No. 273,020.

' view of the staple and hasp of a car-door with my improved seal applied thereto; Fig. 2 an enlarged horizontal sectional view taken as indicated at line 2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a broken perspective view of two sheet-metal members adapted to interlock within the transverse slot or key-opening ofthe pin, and Fig. 4 a broken perspective reverse side view of one of the members shown in Fig. 3.

In the construction shown, A represents a hasp B, a staple received thereby; C, a pin securing the hasp upon the staple and provided with a rectangular transverse keyopening or slot c; and D D two sheet-metal members provided, respectively'7 with male and female extensions or tongues interlockingly connected within the slot c.

The member D comprises a body portion d, of rectangular form, and a male tongue d, having a portion Z2 inthe plane of the body portion and a portion d3 at one side of the portion d2 and equipped with a lateral proj ection d4. The whole member D is-integrally formed by bending a rectangular extension of reduced cross-section upon itself to form the parts of the tongue. The-base of the tongue is flanked above and below by shoulders di and at the sides by the lateral projection d4' and-a boss d, struck transversely in the body, as shown. Thus shoulders are provided' on all four sides at the base of the tongue, which prevent the insertion of an imlement with a view to tampering with the fock of the seal. The tongue is provided at different points in its length with transverse perforations or prong-receiving sockets C17 d8.

The member D comprises a body d", of

pointing spring-prongs d (112, which engage,

respectively, the perforations d" d8 of the tongue d. The whole member D is integrally formed of sheet metal by cutting and bending the metal to form the top and bottom portions Z13 d and the side portion X15 of the tongue, the longitudinal edges of the metal meeting at the line d. Thus shoulders d are provided above and below the tongue, which abut against the pin when the seal parts are joined. As indicated, the tongues are just of suflcient length to extend through the pin. One or both of themembers D D are adapted to receive'any desired marking. .Thus the member D is shown marked with the characters X. Ry. Co., No. 1001. Usuallythe seals are supplied during manufacture with the name of the user and are consecutively numbered.

The manner of use is evident. After the hasp has been received by the pin the tongue of the member D is entered in the key-opening of the pin from one direction, and the tongue of the member D is entered in the tongue of the member D from the opposite direction, the catches du d12 yielding to permit this action and'then springing into the Sockets d d8 and interlockingly connecting said members. In this condition the shoulders at the bases of the tongues abut against the sides of the pin, thus preventing the device from being tampered with, even should there be a slight inaccuracy in the fit of the parts. To enable removal, the body of the member D may be broken from the tongue, thus enabling withdrawal of the member D, andwith it the tongue of the member D.

Changes in details of construction are contemplated. Hence no undue limitation should be understood from the foregoing detailed description.

What I regard as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a hasp-pin provided with a transverse key-channel, of a sheet-metal member comprising a body portion and a hollow open-ended tongue formed integrally therewith, the metal being cut and bent into boX form to form said tongue, and a sheet-metal member comprising a body portion and a projecting portion bent upon itself to form a tongue, the key-channel receiving said first-named tongue and said first-named tongue receiving said second-named tongue, said tongues being provided with interlocking means preventing separation, for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination with a hasp-pin provided with a transverse key-channel, of a sheet-metal member equipped with a hollow tongue having struck-in spring-catches, and a sheet-metal member equipped with a tongue provided with sockets receiving said springcatches, said tongues being telescoped together Within and filling said key-channel for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination with a hasp-pin having a transverse key-channel,-of a sheet-metal member having the metal cut transversely at its lateral edges and bent, forming a hollow open-ended tongue, the bent portion of the metal lying at one side of the body of the member, and a sheet-metal member having an extension of reduced cross-section bent upon itself forming a tongue, the extremity of said extension being bent laterally, forming a shoulder at the base of the tongue, said tongues being in telescopic connection within and filling the key-channel and having interlocking connection preventing separation, for the purpose set forth.

4. A self-locking seal adapted for use in connection with a hasp-pin, comprising a sheet-metal member having a projecting hollow tongue and provided with a struck-in spring-catch, and a sheet-metal member having a projecting tongue adapted to fit Within said first-named tongue and provided with a socket for said catch.

5. A seal for use in connection with a hasppin comprising a sheet-metal member having a hollow tongue, the metal being cut transversely at its lateral edges and bent into boX form to form said tongue, and a sheet-metal member having an extension of reduced crosssection bent upon itself and forming a tongue adapted to 'fit accurately within said firstnamed tongue, one of said tongues having its metal struck in to form a spring-catch, and the other tongue having a socket for receiving said catch.

6. A self-locking seal for use in connection with hasp-pins, comprising a sheet-metal member having the metal cut transversely at its lateral edges and bent tov one side of the body portion forming a hollow open-ended tongue, the metal being struck in at the sides of said tongue at different places in the length of the tongue, and a sheet-metal member having a tongue fitting within said iirst-nanied tongue and provided at different points in its length with sockets receiving said catches.

LEWIS A. FOUTE.

In presence of- L. HEIsLAR, J. H. LANDES. 

